Yuki Tsunoda walked away unharmed following a horror crash in qualifying at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
The Red Bull driver flipped his car after slamming into the barriers during his first run.
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All four corners of the car were damaged by the collision, which has left the vehicle requiring repairs overnight.
Fortunately, Tsunoda was cleared by the race medics after walking away unscathed from the crash.
Speaking afterwards, he told reporters: “I’m OK, thankfully. But at the same time, it’s very frustrating how I ended up [there] in such an early stage, and especially a very unnecessary situation.”
The Japanese driver added: “I was just very ashamed, disappointed.
“It was really stupid for myself, pushing like that, unnecessarily hard.”
This weekend’s race in Imola is just the fifth since Tsunoda replaced Liam Lawson in the second Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen.
The 25-year-old has revealed he is still getting to grips with his car after moving from Racing Bulls.
Addressing his struggles, he said: “It’s quite up and down. In some sessions I felt OK, in some sessions suddenly I dropped a lot.
“In FP3 it wasn’t… to be honest, it was a big mystery how I ended up. Obviously I was not able to put it all together, but at the same time it was pretty poor pace.
“We didn’t know exactly why, but we made a lot of changes and it felt pretty good in the first turn, Turn 2 and Turn 3, and I crashed immediately after.
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“It’s just a shame. I feel like the car was quite there and I just put myself into the wall with such a stupid mistake.”
Due to the crash, Tsunoda was unable to register a time in qualifying on Saturday.
As a result, he will start Sunday’s race from the back of the grid in 20th.
However, overnight repairs to the car could still see him start from the pit lane.
Meanwhile, Oscar Piastri will start on pole ahead of Verstappen, with George Russell and Lando Norris on the second row.
The McLaren pair of Piastri and Norris sit in first and second in the Drivers’ Championship standings going into the seventh race of the season.
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Tsunoda is down in 11th after picking up six points since joining Red Bull.
Those have added to the three points he won with Racing Bulls in the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix in March.
